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NEW ENGLAND FAilMER. 



Jan. V2. 1897 



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Mr Benjamin Hale's account of the savings made summer, close to the ground, or old wood, only 

 b<i the use of Hotchkiss's Straw Cutter, empZoi/frf j retaining here and there a good one, to supply the 

 to cut ha>, and straw as Fodder for horses. place oi' casual, worn-out bearers. Never pernut 



iif and straw as fodder fr 

 Mr Hale is proprietor of a line of stages running 



between Newburyporl and Boston. He says, 



The whole amount of hay purchas- 

 ed from April 1, to October 1, 



AGRICULTURE IN FRANCE. 



But to return from this digression : — thecou 

 , . hetweeu Nismes and Montpelier is one of the 



the extremities of the branches to stand nearer | g„, pop,ioj,j ^f Lj^^g^g^gg^ '|.|jg ^^j^j ^^^^ ^|,jq, 

 than or 8 inches of each other. The best form 

 for a well trained gooseberry or currant bush, is 

 that of a wine glass. 



Gooseberry li'ine is made in the same manner as 



1816, (six months) and used at Tons. nc/. f/./t. I ^^jj.^.gj^j ^,;j,g^g^pgpjjh3t one third less sugar is 



the stage stable, 



At twenty-live dollars per ton (the 

 lowest price at which hay was 

 purchased, in 1816) 



From October 1, 1816, to April 1, 

 1817, whole amount of hay and 

 straw purchased for, and consum- 

 ed by the same number of horses, 

 viz. T. cwt. q. lb. Cost. 



Straw 16 13 3 10 $160 23 

 Hay - 13 14 1 00 ifSSO 00 



4 10 



$800 00 



a wiJe,levcl tract. boaiided on the right by a ch 

 of hills, and on the left by tho sea,the latter bei 

 visible at intervals for the whole distance. Vi| 

 ges, hamlets, and farm houses, are sprinkled 

 the plain, indicating a populous district. The 



required. In picking the berries take none that | j^ ^ reddish loam, s'oraetimes stony, but peculia 

 have fallen upon the ground, or that have been 

 shaded and grown sour. 



Extracts from Carter's Letters from Europe. 



$310 23 



Deduct, on hand April 1, I8I7, by 

 estimation, four tons more than 

 there was Oct. 1, 1816, at $25 

 per ton 100 



Saving by the use of Hotchkiss's 

 straw cutter, four months of the 

 last six months, or the ditlerence 

 in expense in feeding witli cut- 

 fodder and that which is uncut 



Whole amount of hay used for the 

 horses of the Salem stage, twen- 

 tyfive in number, from April 1, to 

 October 1, 1816, viz. 

 At $.30 per ton (the lowest price 

 in Salem) - . . . 



Wi,V''le amount consumed by tho 

 same number of horses, from Ocf . 

 1, 1816, to April 1,1817. 



T. cut. q. lb. Cost. 



Straw 15 13 $187 80 



Hay 2 15 81 09 



$ilO 23 



$389 77 



adipted to the cultivation of the vine and oil 

 wlich are the principal products. To these a 

 be added wheat, which is grown in great ab 

 da]ce and of ai: excellent quality. The oliui 

 phnted in rows at about llie same i-istances as 

 pie trees in an American orchar.:, and the groi 

 is irepared in much the same way. A gener 



EOTAMC GARDEN. 



A walk to the Botanic Garden, [in Toulon] sit 



uated without the walls and near the base of the ^,,1 nj'eiHo,,^ goji ,,, mquji-pd^ The vine is rea 



hills which rise to the nortli of the town,was among ' j^ ^ng and perfectly straight ri.lges, ten o: 



our last and most pleasant excursions. The loca- fe^t apart, and the intcrnieuiate S{.ace i 



tion is admirable, the grounds lying upon a decliv- ^vi h gr;.in, which w as' i Irendy in a st.ite 



ity which looks to the south.and always enj.iys the war.lness, covering the fields vith a lieep, liv 



genial influence of the sun. In the re.ir, tiie en- grten. 'n some plices for milex, the country 



T, cwt 

 '22 



q lb. 

 



$660 00 



ove another, all filled with plants, and ad. ling 

 much to the picturesque beauty of tho garden — 

 A.nong the embellishments of thi.^ ch-irming re- 

 treat IS a fo'/fitaiu bursting from a p_»r(\niid of 

 rock overgrown v.'ith a:ra.ss and moss, presenting 

 a beautiful image' of nature. Seats have been 

 erected, where visitors may repose in the shade, 

 and enjoy the coolness and the murmur of this lit- 

 tle water-fall. 



The plants of the g.irden all bear labels, desig- 

 nating their generic and specific names. A ve- 

 teran attendhnt who seemed well acquainted with 

 I all the members of the numerous family commit- 

 j ted to his care, conducted us through the alleys 

 land the green houses, plucking one flower after 

 another, till each of our party had a fine bouquet 



closure becomes so sleep as to ri-:e in terraces one | seuhled a continued garden, where the almi 

 „!,„„„ o„„.i,„. ;n fiil„,i v„itl, r.l,nt... nnd .id.linop Jriirgled its white blos.wms with the Verdure of * 



olive, and the landscape was warmed into life 

 beauty by the first influences of a vernal sun. 



OIL OF VITRIOL. || 



The manufacture of sulplmric acid, commotSp 

 called oil of vitriol, is carried un e.^tensively '\ 

 the city of New York. Tliere is one hall u.'jci! ft 

 this purpose that is 150 feet long,40 feet uilc an 

 ■.'5 'eet high, lined throughout, and made air tt^\ 

 wim lead. "In manufacturing the acid," .-^i;. tli 



$268 80 



Saving in using chopped fodder five months 3'Jl 20 



Total saving in using the straw 

 cutter nine months, viz. at Ncw- 

 buryport four months 



At Salem five months 



Total 



N.Y. Adv. "tho floor is covered to a certan 



■Pt 



uitii water ; the brimstone and nitre are truiiule 

 in ipoii carriages and set fire to, when the doai 

 are closed, and the »apor being condensed by tl 

 water, is drawn offin the ariil state. In this rc# 



Here tho palm tree spread its branclves, thoug^h [^WC pounds of acid will he manufactured in a 



380 77 I 

 391 201 



,■^780 97 



The member of the Board of Trustees of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural Society, to whom the 

 above account was communicateil by Mr Hale, 

 was informed by that gentleman, that he used no 

 jQore grain from October, 1816, to April 1817, 

 than was used from April 1816 to October 1816. 

 [Mass. Agricultural Rep. & Jour. pag. 400 vol. iv.] 



its fruit h.id been nipped by tho unu.sually severe 

 frost of the last winter. Here also the black pep 

 per was seen clinging to the sunny wall, sl/elter- 

 ed from the winds, and finding a tropical ijiimate. 

 Among the other most curious plants were iall the 

 varieties of coffee in full bearing. That from Mo 

 cha is a beautiful shrub, si.-i or eight feet in height, 

 finely proj oriioned and of peculinr foliage. An 

 orange tree was observed which had been engraf- 

 ted with tJ\c Itmon, and which was then bearing 

 six different kinds of fruit. One of the pro uc- 

 tious was a twin monster, half orange ami half 

 citron, growinff on the same stem. A profusion of 

 Japan roses spread their gorgeous petals to the 

 sun, and many a bud v^-as just starting into life. 



The walks of the Garden ire open to the public, 

 and connected with the spacious boulevards which 

 encircle the walls of the town, form one of the 

 moat delightful proraenadiis imaginable, affording 

 a wide prospect of the mountains on one side, and 

 of the sea on the other. A refuge from the noise 

 and bustle of crowded streets, and from the heat 

 of fervid skies, is here provided at a trifling ex- 

 pense. In these sequestered retreats, the natural 



.GOOSEBERRIES. 

 Gooseberries require a dead and rich loam : tlie 

 ground must b* well manured and kept free from 

 weeds ; and be careful to plant none but those 

 that are of a good kind. The best mode of propa- 

 gating them, is by cuttings or layers. Early in 



the spring, epade carefully around the roots, turn ' '^t ""^y iudul;;e in his favourite pursuits, and the 

 over the soil, and pull out all orass that may "row "i^i of business recreate his mind, after the cares 

 near them. Prune them by cutting out every ' ^""^ labors of the day. All classes of the commu- 



worn-out, decayed, or irregular branch let none "•'^y ^'^ interested in institutions of this descrip- 



be permitted to grow across each other ; but let 'i""' which are to be found in almost everv village 



all be pruned to some regular order cut out all '" France, and which I hope may ere Ion.', be as 



the super-abundant, lateral shoots of the last i^^^'^isively introduced into the United States 



The quality is superior to liie European. 



[ilamp. Gr.z.] 



POST OFFICE. 



Net amount of postage which accrued in cai 

 state and territory, for the year which ended 31 

 March 1826. 

 New York $212,916.07 i New Jersey, 15..'-1.0 



Pennsyh 



Mass. 



Virginia, 



Maryland, 



S. Carolina, 



Georgia, 



118,066.58 \ Rnode Isl. ]'i,i;(;j.9 



9v!,428.93 > Vermont, 12,305.3 



67,294.81 ; N. Ham p. 11,828.7 



56,046.13 i Dist. Columb. 11,518.4 



44,763.65 i Mississippi, 9.574.9 

 .39,428.25 ; Missouri, 



Connecticut, 27,640.81 ? Indiana, 



Ohio, 27,479.92 i Delaware, 



Louisiana, 27,477.36 | Illinois, 



N. Carolina, 24,.i0.5.08 < Michigan, 



Kentucky, 2.3,1 1 1.64 S Florida, 



Maine 22,916.07 J Arkansas, 



Alabama, 18,092,58 5 



Tennessee, 16,112.07? Total $912,893.0: 



5,288.6 ^1 



4,996.2 

 4,(;9().9 

 2,U>.<y 

 1,732.5 

 1,579.0 |ii: 

 ■ 785.6 



Rail Roads. — A respectablo meeting of citi::ef 

 was was held on Tuesday evening in the Suprem 

 Court Room on the subject of the contemplate 

 Rail-Way through the State. George Bond, Es' 

 presided, and Mr. W. Flint, was appointed Seen 

 tary. A Committee, consisting of Messrs Ru^sc 

 Jarvis, Abbot Lawrence, William Foster, Samut 

 .\uslin, and Andrew J Allen, was appointed I 

 take the subject into consideration, and to repoi 

 at a future meeting, of which notice will be give 



